{"product_id":"dear-life-9780099578642","title":"Dear Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant collection of short stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in \u003ci\u003eDear Life\u003c\/i\u003e build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe is so damn good\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eAnne Enright\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeep and surprising and unsparing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeep and surprising and unsparing\u003c\/b\u003e -- Helen Simpson * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAs rich and astonishing as anything she has ever done before\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eIn this book Munro has laid bare the foundations of her fiction as never before. \u003cb\u003eLovers of her writing must hope this is not, in fact, her finale. But if it is, it’s spectacular\u003c\/b\u003e -- Ruth Scurr * Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnother dazzling collection \u003c\/b\u003eof short stories, provincial and universal in equal measure -- Sara Wheeler * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eA slight sense of withholding gives Munro's prose its gracefulness, and allows intimacy without danger. After many years, many collections and many wonderful stories, readers may feel they know everything about Alice Munro, especially as so many of her characters lead lives similar to her own. In fact, we know very little about her. This is one of the reasons readers become dizzy with love for Munro. This other reason is that \u003cb\u003eshe is so damn good\u003c\/b\u003e -- Anne Enright * Guardian *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49399823597911,"sku":"9780099578642","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dear-life-9780099578642","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}